dog aggression training
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- jfletcher0
d_rek has summed up most of what I would say. I actually think watching a few episodes of the Dog Whisperer could help a lot. Our dog used to be agressive towards everything (my wifes dog, hers before we were married). It bit me twice hard enough to draw decent bleeding. It would attack other dogs. Possesive over things... pretty much everything bad that could happen. I was worried he wouldn't change, but so much of the issues were caused from my wifes behavior. It's been almost 3 years. He hasn't bitten anyone and only snaps at dogs if they get too playfully agressive with him.
We recently left him with a friend when we went on a vacation and for the first time he actually played with her dog. He wasn't properly socialized, so learning to play never happened. It's been a long time to doo all of it, but it's very possible, and your dog seems easier than ours.
Like d_rek mentioned, usuing "people" style psychology doesn't work and usually causes more issues (like petting him when he's nervous to try and calm him... gives him positive reinforcement to be nervous, so happens more often, cycle repeats).
Also agree if you don't train yourselves, training the dog won't help at all.